Notepad3: Press esc to exit the selected state not to exit the program.

[doneself]

I set the esc key to exit the program, when selecting all the text
editing state, I want to press esc to exit the selected state, can i do this?

[hpwamr]

I set the esc key to exit the program, when selecting all the text
editing state, I want to press esc to exit the selected state, can i do this?

No, in this case, "exit the program" has priority on "exit selected text".

• A suggestion is to "reverse" this priority (claiming 2x "Esc" to exit, if there is a "selected text").
  We will investigate this possibility... 🤔

[hpwamr]

Hello @doneself , It should work as you requested. 😃

Feel free to test the BETA version "Notepad3Portable_5.19.1113.2673_BETA" or higher.
See "Notepad3 BETA-channel access #1129" or here Notepad3Portable_5.19.1113.2673_BETA.

[doneself]

Hello @doneself , It should work as you requested. 😃

Feel free to test the BETA version "Notepad3Portable_5.19.1113.2673_BETA" or higher.
See "Notepad3 BETA-channel access #1129" or here Notepad3Portable_5.19.1113.2673_BETA.

thanks

[hpwamr]

Hello @doneself ,
As far as I'm concerned, I think you (as requester) can close this issue...

[alexantr]

And how to exit with selected text immediately without deselection?

[hpwamr]

• 2x Esc 😉

[alexantr]

It was a great period of productive work since #846. I'll miss it.

[hpwamr]

Seriously, 100 millisecond more? 😉

[alexantr]

One additional key press.

[RaiKoHoff]

Oh, I forgot about #846 🤔
Current behavior (cancel selection first before exit) fits to more people workflow.
I reject to add a menu item for this, so I think a configuration switch ([Settings2] would be good enough for @alexantr to "deselect and exit" at once. (ESC is also used to hide tool-tips and auto-completion boxes) - @alexantr : shall they also be skipped to proceed for exit?
@alexantr : Any suggestion for naming this switch ?
Maybe multi stage: 0=current behavior, 1=deselect&exit, 2=skip-any&exit ?

[hpwamr]

Maybe: ";MultiStageEsc=0" (default) 🤔

[alexantr]

@RaiKoHoff @hpwamr I just want Esc key to work like it works in another notepads (flo's Notepad2, Notepad++, AkelPad, EditPlus, TextPad).
Maybe option PreventEscFunction2:
0 - exit immediately
1 - current behavior, cancel any process before (need to press Esc twice to exit) _(default)_
2 - like 1, except selection cancellation (what I want)

[hpwamr]

Nope, for me the "default" should be "0=current behavior" !

[RaiKoHoff]

The leveling of ESC behavior (msg-boxes -> selection -> exit) leads to following implementation:
New parameter "[Settings2] ExitOnESCSkipLevel = 2"

• Level 2 : ESC cancels every single state separately (the default)
• Level 1 : ESC cancels message-box and ignores Selection (what you want?)
• Level 0 : ESC cancels all states and proceeds to Exit (if configured)

Feel free to test development beta version _5.19.1119.2679_BETA.

[alexantr]

Yes. Level 1 is what I want! 🎉

[alexantr]

@RaiKoHoff, thank you!